The Spanish Colonial Period

Spanish colonization in the Philippines started in

1565 during the time of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi,
the
first Spanish governor-general in the Philippines.

Literature started to flourish during his time. 
Expeditions to the Philippines were sent by
Spain in the 16th century. In their conquest,
the Spaniards brought Christianity with them.
The clergy made a great impact on faith,
education, and government.  Through the
Manila Acapulco trade (1565–1815), liberal
ideas entered the
The Spanish missionaries taught the gospel
through the native language, so they hired
natives to translate Spanish religious
instructional materials. Eventually, the
natives became fluent in Spanish and became
known as ladinos. Ladinos mainly wrote
devotional poetry. Two of them were
Fernando Bagongbanta and Gaspar Aquino
Also, the native drama called the komedya
or moro-moro was popular. It depicted the
war between Christians and Muslims,
wherein the former always wins. The poet
Jose de la Cruz (1746–1829) was a master
of such art form.  Native literature
continued.
Prominent Figures during Spanish Colonial Period

Francisco Baltazar (1788-1862)  popularly called

Balagtas  the master of traditional Tagalog poetry,
became well-known for his work Florante at Laura
(1838– 1861), the most famous metrical romance of
the
country. 
Pedro Paterno (1857–1911)  wrote Sampaguitas y
poesias varias (1880), the first poetry collection in
Spanish by a Filipino; and the novel in Spanish Ninay
(1885), considered to be the first Filipino novel.

Jose Rizal (1861–1896)  a prominent ilustrado and

the
Andres Bonifacio (1863–1897)  the founder of
the
Katipunan, wrote the poem “Pag-ibig sa
Leona Florentino
Tinubuang (1849–1884)  known as the
“mother
Bayan.”
of Philippine women’s literature,” was a poet in
Gregoria
both de Jesus (1875-1943)  wife of
Andres
Ilocano and Spanish.
Bonifacio, wrote notable Tagalog poetry.
THE FIRST BOOK

1.Ang Doctrina Cristiana (The Christian Doctrine) 

1593
2. Nuestra Señora Del Rosario (Our Lady of the Rosary)
3.Libro delos Cuatros Posprimeras de Hombres (The
Book
on the Four Fathers of the Church) 
4. Barlaan at Josaphat (Barlaan and Josphat)
 Nationalistic Period

Nationalistic period covers the Propaganda

movements and the Revolutionary movement .
Propaganda means the good reforms to be
established. Characteristics: 1. Planted seeds
of
nationalism in Filipinos- because of the
 When was the nationalistic period in the
Philippines?

The Propaganda Movement (1872-1892) was

the
first Filipino nationalist movement, led by a
Filipino elite and inspired by the
protonationalist
The Nationalistic/Propaganda and Revolutionary
Literature that has propaganda literature that aims
to reform political essays and political novels, and
revolutionary literature which is more
propagandistic. American colonization period
(1901-1946), the gradual decline of the Philippine
literature written in Spanish. The English language
eventually became the medium of writing and
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